whirligig beetle
noun
: any of a family (Gyrinidae) of beetles with two pairs of eyes and clubbed antennae that live mostly on the surface of water where they swim swiftly about in circles
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Consider whirligig beetles, which Eisner and Dr. Meinwald studied in the early 1970s.
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Kenneth Chang, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
Consider whirligig beetles, which Dr. Eisner and Dr. Meinwald studied in the early 1970s.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 14 May 2018
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Kenneth Chang, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
Consider whirligig beetles, which Dr. Eisner and Dr. Meinwald studied in the early 1970s.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 14 May 2018
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“Whirligig beetle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whirligig%20beetle. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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